Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001169
Kimball Elementary School
3200 23 AV S, SEATTLE, WA 98144 · (206) 252-7280 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
171 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
41.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -20.9pp since 2014
Math
38.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -19.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 21 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 42.7% |
| 2022-23 | 47.3% | 41.8% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 36.5% |
| 2018-19 | 46.2% | 49.3% |
| 2017-18 | 53.0% | 53.5% |
| 2016-17 | 55.3% | 53.5% |
| 2015-16 | 64.4% | 59.5% |
| 2014-15 | 62.6% | 58.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kimball Elementary School
Kimball Elementary School's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball Elementary School this school | 384 | 44.5% | 41.7% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary SEATTLE | 500 | 39.0% | 73.1% |
| Graham Hill Elementary School SEATTLE | 266 | 47.4% | 40.1% |
| Expedition Elementary PUYALLUP | 530 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Fairwood Elementary School Renton | 355 | 41.4% | 43.6% |
| Parkwood Elementary Shoreline | 390 | 43.3% | 65.5% |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kimball Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #595 of 936 | #195 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #689 of 1,103 ▼ 112 | #200 of 281 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #700 of 1,102 ▼ 39 | #201 of 280 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #493 of 928 | #134 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #695 of 1,268 | #197 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #25 of 1,085 | #12 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.2% | #35 of 1,088 | #20 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #728 of 1,169 | #124 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #492 of 778 | #152 of 220 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
384
-42 (-10%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 384 | 31.8 | 12.1:1 | 45% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 31.8 | 13.1:1 | 51% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 29.8 | 12.7:1 | 48% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 40% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 47% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 45% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 63% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 29 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 24 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kimball Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (443 to 384); teachers up 13% (28 to 31.8).
About Kimball Elementary School
Kimball Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in SEATTLE, Washington. The school counted 384 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
Seattle School District No. 1 (107 schools, 50,773 students) runs Kimball Elementary School.
About 25% of students at Kimball Elementary School are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 24% Black, 19% Hispanic, 16% Asian, and 13% multiracial. Among all residents of King County, the White share is about 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 79%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. The school has 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. In all, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Kimball Elementary School is 50.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for King County show that the median household earns about $124,746 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. King County has 544 public schools with about 278,492 students, including Kimball Elementary School.
The closest school to Kimball Elementary School is Franklin High School, located about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Kimball Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 41.7% versus a 55.6% average.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The school's student count fell 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.7:1 to 12.1:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Kimball Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
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Other Kimball Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Kimball Elementary. Kimball Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Kimball ElementaryAntioch, CA · 450 students
- KIMBALL ELEMENTARYKIMBALL, MN · 346 students
- Kimball Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 330 students
- Kimball Elementary SchoolMESQUITE, TX · 208 students
- Kimball Elementary SchoolKimball, WV · 164 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin High School0.5 mi · 1,277
- John Muir Elementary School0.6 mi · 308
- Mercer International Middle School0.8 mi · 753
- Beacon Hill International School0.9 mi · 348
- Hawthorne Elementary School1.1 mi · 393
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary1.2 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Kimball Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kimball Elementary School?
Kimball Elementary School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Kimball Elementary School serve?
Kimball Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kimball Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kimball Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kimball Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kimball Elementary School are roughly 25% White, 19% Hispanic, 24% Black, 16% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Kimball Elementary School public or private?
Kimball Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.